Hourly feeding of lactating sows: Enhancing performance and welfare in smart farm-based systems
An hourly feeding regime could optimize sow productive performance, body condition, milk yield, welfare, and piglet growth in swine production.
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Gut microbiota affects the estrus return of sows by regulating the metabolism of sex steroid hormones
Changes in gut microbial composition significantly altered the functional capacity of steroid hormone biosynthesis in the gut microbiome.
Exploring how an organic mineral mix affects antioxidant balance, immune health, and performance in sows and their offspring
Organic trace minerals supplementation of the sow diet may improve health and performance.
Dominance hierarchy in groups of pregnant sows: characteristics and identification of related indicators
Dominance rank of an individual can be estimated according to the feeding order, body weight or parity if there is enough variability in the group.
Benefits and challenges of sugar beet pulp in gestating sow diets
Higher dietary fiber in gestating sow diets may improve nitrogen retention and utilization.
Effects over time of different types of sounds on gestating sows’ behavior
Frequent emission of short sounds can reduce time spent sleeping and cause behavior changes. However, gestating sows can habituate to the sound stimuli and return to normal behavior.
Heat stress alters the ovarian proteome in prepubertal gilts
Heat stress alters the ovarian proteome and multiple biological pathways and systems in prepubertal gilts; changes that potentially contribute to female infertility.
Fertility responses of melatonin-treated gilts when there are different temperatures and lighting conditions
Melatonin treatment had positive effects on estrous duration and embryo survival, especially in the summer.
Vaginal and vestibular electrical resistance as an alternative marker for optimum timing of artificial insemination
Change in electrical resistance in the vagina has the potential to accurately predict ovulation timing, but more work is required.
Long-acting injectable progesterone treatment prior to puberty induction in gilts
Injectable progesterone treatment did not benefit the reproductive performance of prepubertal and peripubertal gilts.
Flavour supplementation to improve sow reproductive performance and microbiota during late gestation and lactation
Flavor supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows by changing the fecal microbial profile.
The impact of bump feeding on sow reproductive performance, milk yield, piglet birth weight, and farrowing behavior
Increasing feed intake during late gestation may improve sow and litter performance.
Effects of two mixing times post-service on the welfare of sows in a group housing system with free access stalls
Findings may explain numerically lower pregnancy and farrowing rates in sows mixed two days post-service.
333 Emerging voices - Individual and nutritional factors affecting the homogeneity and performance of Iberian pig production
An investigation at both phenotypic and genotypic levels of the implications of the intrauterine development of the piglets in the postnatal growth. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Spain, advised by Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes, Cristina Óvilo Martín and Beatriz Isabel Redondo.
The impact of functional teat number on reproductive throughput in swine
Results suggest increasing functional teat number would enhance both piglet survival and reproductive throughput.
Effects of jute nesting material and enriched piglet mats on sow welfare and piglet survival
The jute material and piglet nests positively impacted sow welfare and piglet measures but did not translate into improved piglet survival.